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Trojan outlook for 1997 very positive
Despite a 6-6 season, the future looks bright for the USC football team, which will return 37 of 47 players for the 1997 campaign. Yet it will need to address key issues before next season.
Sports, page 16
Tis the shopping, partying season
Staff writers Rad Probst and Hang Nguyen detail ideas about where to shop on a budget and where to go to partake in various holiday and seasonal activities, respectively.
Diversions, page 5
Which Clinton is in Washington?
Though the heat from the presidential elections is over, there are issues about our reelected president that remain to be discussed. Editorial columnist Patrick Dent writes about Bill Clinton.
Viewpoint, page 4
Toiletries drive, Armenian meeting
The Chrysalis Foundation, an agency that helps homeless people prepare to enter the work force, is holding a toiletries drive to help entrants clean up for their interviews. Any donations, such as shampoo, conditioners, men's razors, deodorant, soaps, lotions, combs, toothbrushes and toothpaste would be greatly appreciated.
The Helenes will be collecting donations and delivering them to the Chrysalis Foundation. The toiletry drive will run through Thursday, Dec. 5.
For more information, contact Elana Edelstein at (213) 764-8880.
• • •
The Armenian Students Association will hold its bimonthly meeting today at Topping Student Center Room 205.
Music professor Agbabian Hubbard will provide an overview of a traditional Armenian Christmas.
She wore a red ribbon
Danisa Castarion / Daily Trojan Janna Sanshuck, a junior majoring in political science, signed a petition requesting the reinstatement of free anonymous HIV testing in honor of World AIDS Day Tuesday. Noemi Peralta (seated, right), a senior majoring in biology, and Lisa Katz (seated, left), a junior majoring in American literature, administered the drive, which collected over 800 signatures, through their English class.
Memorial for health center employee
A memorial service will be held Friday for Salvador Cardenas, who was a technician at the Student Health Center, at the United University Church at 8:30 a.m.
Cardenas died Monday after laving in a coma for three days after a heart attack.
"Salvador has been an extremely loyal and hardworking employee of USC since 1976,' a statement released by the health center said.
"His presence will be deeply missed at the health center and is a loss for the university."
—from staff reports
Courtaay photo
Salvador Cardenas
Wednesday December 4,1996 Vol. CXXIX, No. 64
Group supports service workers
Member says officials tried to use court order to intimidate; janitors set to strike
By Stacy Matros
Staff Writer
Despite warnings of a possible court order infringement, a labor activist student group stationed itself in Hahn Plaza Monday to build support for university service workers.
The Student Support Committee for Troian Service Workers, sponsored oy the labor group Frontlash, distributed information on the labor issues facing the university and informed students of the janitor strike planned for Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.
DPS officers informed the roup of students that they may e in violation of a temporary restraining order that has been in place against union activists since May, said Steve Sidawi, chairman of the support committee.
"Yesterday, a DPS officer approached me... 1 believe (the officer was) intent on intimidating us, but we believe students have the right to free expression on campus, and we don t intend to be intimidated," he said.
The restraining order was prompted by a 350-person protest at last year's University Day by both food service work-
ers and janitorial workers unions alleging unfair labor practices by the university.
The order states that all defendants, agencies, demonstrators and representatives are not permitted to picket, demonstrate or hand out literature regarding the labor issues without a 24-hour prior notice given to DPS.
DPS claimed it was given no prior notice by the student support committee.
The committee released a statement saying, "We are not acting as agents or representatives of the defendants in the restraining order, nor are we working in concert with them."
"By virtue of supporting the unions, the group is in violation of the temporary restraining order," said Bob Taylor, deputy chief of the Department of Public Safety.
The released statement also says, "The attempt by DPS to restrain our independent free expression is both contrary to policies established by the university and an affront to all members of the university community who support the university's stated purpose."
"We are asked to interpret university policies in a way that
(See Janitors, page 3)
LAS to publish instructor evaluations for students
By William Sandifer
Staff Writer
In a move intended to benefit students, the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences plans to begin publishing the results of teaching assistant and professor evaluations, the college's dean said.
Although the college, which encompasses over 30 majors, has been considering publishing evaluations for a few years, nothing had materialized until now. Specific plans have not been developed yet, but the administration is firmly supporting the action.
The primary benefit to students is the dissemination of
information from evaluations, said Morton Schapiro, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Until now, many students' only way to find out about a particular course or instructor was by word of mouth or through the course catalogue.
"Word of mouth is not always that great," Schapiro said "Some have access to it and some don't. The evaluations allow students to be a more discriminating and knowledgeable consumers. Seeing the evaluation scores should be a little more definitive."
The evaluations will be hand-
(See Evaluations, page 3)
GPSS backs UC teaching assistant strikes
By Ron Ognar
Staff Writer
The Graduate and. Professional Student Senate unanimously approved a resolution Monday that supports tne protests of graduate teaching assistants at the University of California campuses.
The UC system graduate student workers have participated in several walkouts in response to administrators refusing to recognize teaching assistant unions. Graduate students at UCLA, UC San Diego and the University of California, Berkeley, went on strike for varying periods of time earlier this year.
"(The teaching assistants) want to be treated as professionals, because what they do is
so important for the function of universities," said David Shafie, GPSS political science representative who authored the resolution.
Teaching assistants want collective bargaining rights, increased wages and health insurance, Shafie said.
"We empathize with them because they are calling attention to issues all graduate students face," Shafie said.
The resolution will be typed and sent to a UCLA graduate student representative, Shafie said.
"The resolution is both a symbolic as well as a tangible manifestation of support," GPSS adviser llda Jimenez said.
(See GPSS, page 3)
Lorin Levinson, GPSS communications chair, in the organization's office

Headlines
Trojan outlook for 1997 very positive
Despite a 6-6 season, the future looks bright for the USC football team, which will return 37 of 47 players for the 1997 campaign. Yet it will need to address key issues before next season.
Sports, page 16
Tis the shopping, partying season
Staff writers Rad Probst and Hang Nguyen detail ideas about where to shop on a budget and where to go to partake in various holiday and seasonal activities, respectively.
Diversions, page 5
Which Clinton is in Washington?
Though the heat from the presidential elections is over, there are issues about our reelected president that remain to be discussed. Editorial columnist Patrick Dent writes about Bill Clinton.
Viewpoint, page 4
Toiletries drive, Armenian meeting
The Chrysalis Foundation, an agency that helps homeless people prepare to enter the work force, is holding a toiletries drive to help entrants clean up for their interviews. Any donations, such as shampoo, conditioners, men's razors, deodorant, soaps, lotions, combs, toothbrushes and toothpaste would be greatly appreciated.
The Helenes will be collecting donations and delivering them to the Chrysalis Foundation. The toiletry drive will run through Thursday, Dec. 5.
For more information, contact Elana Edelstein at (213) 764-8880.
• • •
The Armenian Students Association will hold its bimonthly meeting today at Topping Student Center Room 205.
Music professor Agbabian Hubbard will provide an overview of a traditional Armenian Christmas.
She wore a red ribbon
Danisa Castarion / Daily Trojan Janna Sanshuck, a junior majoring in political science, signed a petition requesting the reinstatement of free anonymous HIV testing in honor of World AIDS Day Tuesday. Noemi Peralta (seated, right), a senior majoring in biology, and Lisa Katz (seated, left), a junior majoring in American literature, administered the drive, which collected over 800 signatures, through their English class.
Memorial for health center employee
A memorial service will be held Friday for Salvador Cardenas, who was a technician at the Student Health Center, at the United University Church at 8:30 a.m.
Cardenas died Monday after laving in a coma for three days after a heart attack.
"Salvador has been an extremely loyal and hardworking employee of USC since 1976,' a statement released by the health center said.
"His presence will be deeply missed at the health center and is a loss for the university."
—from staff reports
Courtaay photo
Salvador Cardenas
Wednesday December 4,1996 Vol. CXXIX, No. 64
Group supports service workers
Member says officials tried to use court order to intimidate; janitors set to strike
By Stacy Matros
Staff Writer
Despite warnings of a possible court order infringement, a labor activist student group stationed itself in Hahn Plaza Monday to build support for university service workers.
The Student Support Committee for Troian Service Workers, sponsored oy the labor group Frontlash, distributed information on the labor issues facing the university and informed students of the janitor strike planned for Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.
DPS officers informed the roup of students that they may e in violation of a temporary restraining order that has been in place against union activists since May, said Steve Sidawi, chairman of the support committee.
"Yesterday, a DPS officer approached me... 1 believe (the officer was) intent on intimidating us, but we believe students have the right to free expression on campus, and we don t intend to be intimidated," he said.
The restraining order was prompted by a 350-person protest at last year's University Day by both food service work-
ers and janitorial workers unions alleging unfair labor practices by the university.
The order states that all defendants, agencies, demonstrators and representatives are not permitted to picket, demonstrate or hand out literature regarding the labor issues without a 24-hour prior notice given to DPS.
DPS claimed it was given no prior notice by the student support committee.
The committee released a statement saying, "We are not acting as agents or representatives of the defendants in the restraining order, nor are we working in concert with them."
"By virtue of supporting the unions, the group is in violation of the temporary restraining order," said Bob Taylor, deputy chief of the Department of Public Safety.
The released statement also says, "The attempt by DPS to restrain our independent free expression is both contrary to policies established by the university and an affront to all members of the university community who support the university's stated purpose."
"We are asked to interpret university policies in a way that
(See Janitors, page 3)
LAS to publish instructor evaluations for students
By William Sandifer
Staff Writer
In a move intended to benefit students, the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences plans to begin publishing the results of teaching assistant and professor evaluations, the college's dean said.
Although the college, which encompasses over 30 majors, has been considering publishing evaluations for a few years, nothing had materialized until now. Specific plans have not been developed yet, but the administration is firmly supporting the action.
The primary benefit to students is the dissemination of
information from evaluations, said Morton Schapiro, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Until now, many students' only way to find out about a particular course or instructor was by word of mouth or through the course catalogue.
"Word of mouth is not always that great," Schapiro said "Some have access to it and some don't. The evaluations allow students to be a more discriminating and knowledgeable consumers. Seeing the evaluation scores should be a little more definitive."
The evaluations will be hand-
(See Evaluations, page 3)
GPSS backs UC teaching assistant strikes
By Ron Ognar
Staff Writer
The Graduate and. Professional Student Senate unanimously approved a resolution Monday that supports tne protests of graduate teaching assistants at the University of California campuses.
The UC system graduate student workers have participated in several walkouts in response to administrators refusing to recognize teaching assistant unions. Graduate students at UCLA, UC San Diego and the University of California, Berkeley, went on strike for varying periods of time earlier this year.
"(The teaching assistants) want to be treated as professionals, because what they do is
so important for the function of universities," said David Shafie, GPSS political science representative who authored the resolution.
Teaching assistants want collective bargaining rights, increased wages and health insurance, Shafie said.
"We empathize with them because they are calling attention to issues all graduate students face," Shafie said.
The resolution will be typed and sent to a UCLA graduate student representative, Shafie said.
"The resolution is both a symbolic as well as a tangible manifestation of support," GPSS adviser llda Jimenez said.
(See GPSS, page 3)
Lorin Levinson, GPSS communications chair, in the organization's office